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Partner with researchers in Switzerland

Apply for funding to develop new and existing partnerships with researchers in Switzerland.

You must:

  • be currently in receipt of an active UKRI grant for the materials, synthetic biology, or life and physical sciences interface themes
  • have been a UKRI grant holder for the languages theme (within the last five years of the closing date).
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC)
Co-funders:
Part of a collaboration with the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£25,000
Maximum award:
£25,000
Publication date:
14 January 2022
Opening date:
14 January 2022 09:00 UK time
Closing date:

Pre-announcement: Lead energy demand research as the Energy Demand Champion

Apply for funding to become the ‘Energy Demand Champion’ and lead the next stage of energy demand research in the UK.

You must be a UK resident based at an eligible research organisation.

You can be from any discipline and should have a:

  • background in research, industry or policy
  • clear understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of UK energy demand research.
Opportunity status:
Upcoming
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Maximum award:
£312,500
Publication date:
17 December 2021
Opening date:
To be confirmed
Closing date:
To be confirmed

Build a network to enable resilient solutions for future UK systems

Apply for funding to develop a network to enable the resilience of future UK urban systems during a crisis event.

You must:

  • be a UK resident
  • be based at an eligible research organisation
  • have the leadership skills to coordinate a network of interdisciplinary research.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Defence Science and Technology (DST)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,250,000
Maximum award:
£2,250,000
Publication date:
3 December 2021
Opening date:
7 December 2021 12:00 UK time
Closing date:

Digital manufacturing

Apply for funding to support novel research into how digital approaches can be applied to improve manufacturing processes.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at an eligible research organisation.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£7,000,000
Publication date:
25 November 2021
Opening date:
25 November 2021 12:00 UK time
Closing date:

International collaboration to address antimicrobial resistance

Apply for funding to develop or improve drugs or plant protection agents to help:

  • treat bacterial or fungal infections
  • reduce the spread of resistance to drugs.

You should:

  • be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding
  • apply as part of a consortium of transnational partners.

Your project should involve either:

  • licensed antibiotics or antifungals
  • interventions in pre-clinical or early clinical development.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Medical Research Council (MRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Co-funders:
Funders from 17 Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) member countries
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£1,500,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
18 November 2021
Opening date:
11 January 2022 11:00 UK time
Closing date:

High-risk speculative engineering and ICT research: New Horizons

Apply for funding for new research ideas that are speculative, high risk, with potential for a high reward.

Your idea for a project must be within the remit of EPSRC’s:

  • engineering theme
  • information and communication technologies (ICT) theme.

You must be:

  • a UK resident
  • based at an eligible research organisation.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£10,000,000
Maximum award:
£250,000
Publication date:
9 November 2021
Opening date:
9 November 2021
Closing date:

Develop basic technologies in sensing and imaging

Apply for funding to develop early-stage technologies in sensing and imaging.

You must be based at an eligible UK organisation. You must collaborate with organisations from other disciplines.

Your project must have two co-principal investigators. They must be from different research areas.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£2,500,000
Maximum award:
£225,000
Publication date:
2 November 2021
Opening date:
1 November 2021
Closing date:

Build a network to research sustainable agri-food for net zero

Apply for funding to develop a research network that will focus on improving the sustainability of the agri-food system.

You must be:

  • based at an eligible UK-based organisation
  • working in a science discipline.

Co-investigators can be from any discipline.

Your network is expected to:

  • focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  • build interdisciplinary partnerships
  • involve stakeholders
  • develop future research plans.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), UK Research and Innovation
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£5,000,000
Publication date:
21 September 2021
Opening date:
20 September 2021
Closing date:

Healthcare technologies for infectious disease resilience

Apply for funding to address infectious diseases, for example COVID-19, through healthcare technologies.

You must be:

  • a researcher based in the UK
  • at an organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

Your project should be in one or both of these areas:

  • building resilience in healthcare systems
  • preventing, controlling, diagnosing and treating infectious diseases.
Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Grant
Publication date:
18 August 2021
Opening date:
18 August 2021
Closing date:

EPSRC postdoctoral fellowship

Apply for a fellowship focusing on either:

  • energy
  • mathematical sciences.

You’ll have the support, flexibility and freedom to:

  • transition to research independence
  • develop high-quality research
  • gain experience to enhance your career.

An eligible UK research organisation must host you during your fellowship.

Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding type:
Fellowship
Publication date:
8 December 2020
Opening date:
2 December 2020
Closing date:
Open - no closing date

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